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New developer features in Firefox 2

Firefox 2 introduces a vast array of new features and capabilities.

If you see anything missing from this list, or can in any way provide information, please feel free to add it! If there's not a link for a title below, it's a placeholder title until the article is written.

For web site and application developers

Microsummaries are a new way web sites can provide quick-reference material to users. Pages for which a microsummary generator exists can be bookmarked into the bookmarks bar with content that updates periodically based on the microsummary specification.

Tabbed browsing enhancements include adding close buttons to each tab, adjustments to how Firefox decides which tab to bring you to when you close the current tab, and simplified preferences for tabs.

Autodetection of search engines allows search engines that offer plugins for the Firefox search bar to offer to install their plugins for you.

Search suggestions allow search engines to offer suggested search terms based on what you've typed so far in the search bar.

Security and privacy

Anti-phishing feature to warn users when the web site you're looking at appears to be a forgery.

Support for open web standards

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<h2 name="New_developer_features_in_Firefox_2">New developer features in Firefox 2</h2>
<p>Firefox 2 introduces a vast array of new features and capabilities.
</p><p><i>If you see anything missing from this list, or can in any way provide information, please feel free to add it!</i> If there's not a link for a title below, it's a placeholder title until the article is written.
</p>
<h3 name="For_web_site_and_application_developers">For web site and application developers</h3>
<dl><dt> <a class="external" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries">Microsummaries</a>
</dt><dd> Microsummaries are a new way web sites can provide quick-reference material to users. Pages for which a microsummary generator exists can be bookmarked into the bookmarks bar with content that updates periodically based on the microsummary specification.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a class="external" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries/Tutorial">Microsummaries Tutorial</a>
</dt><dd> A tutorial for how to create a microsummary generator.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/Creating_MozSearch_plugins">Creating MozSearch plugins</a>
</dt><dd> Firefox 2 supports MozSearch, a search plugin format based on OpenSearch.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/Supporting_search_suggestions_in_search_plugins">Supporting search suggestions in search plugins</a>
</dt><dd> How to make your MozSearch plugin support search suggestions, which appear in a popup box while typing in the search bar.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/New_in_JavaScript_1.7">New in JavaScript 1.7</a>
</dt><dd> Firefox 2 supports JavaScript 1.7, which includes new features including <code>let</code>, destructuring assignment, generators and iterators, and array comprehensions.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a class="external" href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#scs-client-side">WHATWG Client-side session and persistent storage</a>
</dt></dl>
<p><span class="comment">XXX maybe find some more attractive description</span>
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<dl><dd> Client-side session and persistent storage allows web applications to store structured data on the client side.
</dd></dl>
<h3 name="For_XUL_and_extension_developers">For XUL and extension developers</h3>
<dl><dt> Session restore API
</dt><dd> Contributing items to be saved and restored across sessions in Firefox.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> Feed content access API
</dt><dd> <i>This API is still being revised; documentation is forthcoming once it's settled down.</i>
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/SAX">SAX</a> support
</dt><dd> Event-based XML parser API.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/Adding_search_engines_from_web_pages">Adding search engines from web pages</a>
</dt><dd> JavaScript code can instruct Firefox to install a new search engine plugin, which can be written using either OpenSearch or Sherlock format.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> Writing phishing protection extensions
</dt><dd> <i>add a brief summary</i>
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> <a href="en/Storage">Storage</a>
</dt><dd> Firefox 2 introduces mozStorage, an sqlite based database architecture.
</dd></dl>
<dl><dt> Best practices for extension versioning
</dt><dd> How to use version numbers to deal with all the different prerelease versions of Firefox 2.
</dd></dl>
<h2 name="New_features_for_end_users">New features for end users</h2>
<h3 name="User_experience">User experience</h3>
<ul><li> <b>Inline spell checking for text areas</b> lets you compose with confidence in web forms.
</li><li> <b>Microsummaries</b> provide a way to create bookmarks that display information pulled from the site they refer to, updated automatically. Great for stock tickers, auction monitoring, and so forth.
</li><li> <b>Extension Manager user interface</b> has been enhanced.
</li><li> <b>Search engine manager</b> lets you rearrange and remove search engines shown in the search bar.
</li><li> <b>Tabbed browsing enhancements</b> include adding close buttons to each tab, adjustments to how Firefox decides which tab to bring you to when you close the current tab, and simplified preferences for tabs.
</li><li> <b>Autodetection of search engines</b> allows search engines that offer plugins for the Firefox search bar to offer to install their plugins for you.
</li><li> <b>Search suggestions</b> allow search engines to offer suggested search terms based on what you've typed so far in the search bar.
</li></ul>
<h3 name="Security_and_privacy">Security and privacy</h3>
<ul><li> <b>Anti-phishing feature</b> to warn users when the web site you're looking at appears to be a forgery.
</li></ul>
<h3 name="Support_for_open_web_standards">Support for open web standards</h3>
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